Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-12
FAMILIAR TALKS NO. 90
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NJ T. mEEKER.


ny Z. MEKKER.
lwRrrTKN yoR TEE ARCHAEOLOGICAL
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney visited as at
the creamery last week. Aside from
the social interest. know Mr.. Whit
nsy was curious 10 see what We were
doing, TO pry into our methods by
sight, which he knew were not intend
Cd 20 be hid, and to canvass orally
those questions alike OF common in
tereSt 10 Us. The day was entirely too
short; the contest as 70 who should
exercise the privilege to quiz be-
came more earnest a. the time Of
parting approached. Because of the
Talks" evidently, Mr.. Whitney
looked for much information from
the author. As q matter OF fact, he
vas competent 70 be my tutor in many
things. II the average farmers would
only write their experienees-relats in
the language they are accustomed to
speak in the practical knowledge they
have gained. what a rich store there
would be to drain FRONT
He wanted to see my new creamer.
had seen his some months ago; both
had been "lauded to the skies " by
the owners or patentees. Ii was
claimed they would make more and
better butter than any other kind
make il more economically. and =
thousand and one other things too
tedious 70 mention. The fact tran
spired that both we're in a measure
condemned by US after practical test.
although both had merits worthy of
attention. For one, do not believe
that stable ever will be found from
which the milk comes absolutely pure
At all times. hence every system that
adopts the method OF drawing of the
milk instead Of skimming of the cream
Is faulty. Whitney sends a man whose
special business Il Is TO clean the I'd
ders OF the herd before the mixers,
with brush. sponge or pail, as the case
may be. His cans are glass, smooth
and rounded at the bottom, so that il
any impurities exist in the milk, II IL
viii 20 out with the milk at all, il
would do 30 with these, II with any,
and yet Il did not. when any was pres
ent. That was precisely my own ex-
Penanee. SO OF necessity we must
adopt surface skimmlng and dispense
with the machinery for drawing off the
milk TO have the cream pure. The
centrifugal will do this effectuRlly,
Il Is claimed, and believe Il will.
Whitney thinks in this country and
climate. and with his soil, that L will
not pay 10 raise roots for the dairy or
stock, neither ensiiage, where you
have to handle twelve tons Of water
20 get the value of three tons OF hay"
that labor Is too high for that think
he Is mistaken. He says they can aud
do raise ninety bushels Of oats per acre,
all done by machinery. | answer. We
raise forty tons of carrots aud thirty
tons Of sugar beetS per acre; that a
certain amount Of roots fed with dry
food gives US a better benefit OF that
food, as well as the value in the roots
themselves; in other words, We get a
greater benefit from roots than the an
alysis shows probable. This applies
also TO ensilage; It acts as u solvent, so
10 speak, for other food.
had the roots all planted when he
was here, and the wheel hoe was run
ming. The ground was in good order.
and q man viii 20 over the eight acres
in week aud milk his string Of twelve
cows night and morning. Some of
these were hoed before the beets were
up, the main point Is 10 keep ahead of
the weeds, not let the weeds get ahead
OF us. II they did, we should be
wound up" for the season. A fail
IRE 10 realize that fact and act accord
ingly Is the cause of so many getting
discouraged in raising roots. We
walked over Alvord's field Of beets
IL was as level as house floor; there
too, we found the hoe running as fast
as man could walk, just shaving the
surface but effectually DESTROYING the
weeds Alyord still feeds from three
20 four hundred head of cattle, and
has been in the business for years. He
viii tell YOU he knows il pays TO raise
roots 20 feed cattle or milk cows.
Carrots can be put in the bin or pat
Tor less than two dollars a ton: | BE-
heve cur beets this year will not cost
more than that. I mean % strive Go
beat our record Of thirty-one tons OF
eects per acre. We ought 20 raise forty.
Alvord has never seeded heavily
enough. and his drills this wear. as
heretofore, show skips This should
not be run the drill over the same
row twice, and now have a solid
stand" It took ten pounds 81 seed
~ the acre. though, but I think the
extra seed and extra labor in drilling
viii be repaid more than tenfold when
the crop IS harvested.
A correspondent wants % know 4
enSllzge Is salted when packed in the
sllo, Sometimes IL i sAlte,i and some
times not For nav part. | am not IL
favor OF sailing either ensilage or hay
Salt ! believe should he given with 1
lavish hand. We salt the heifers twic,
week with 4 heavy hand-the mill
COWS every day what they will eat
but | do not believe in compelling
COW % eat more salt than she crave.
Tor the sake q the food, or 20 cat tn
food for the sake 81 the salt salt Il
not necessary for the preservation o
snsilage. It has been thought sal
preserved hay; ! doubt Il ANYWAY
hay OF ensilage should be - d" put up
that they viii keep without pack
ing
A. ! was writing the preceding par
agrsTA = little humming bird bal
anced itself in the air before my yin
dow, Slpplng the honey from the foN
ers, seemingly entirely unconscious O
nv presence In the pasture. an hoa
before. I hsd seen = robin hopping u
the ground before one q the calves
without fear, and. in fact. seemingi
ENJOYING the company. The ittl
swallows chirp IN the harm unaisturtse
and are a. home. The prestieSt iittl
soavensr q al the rnsny We saved G